In keeping with a brand new leak, Alienware is getting ready its quickest desktop gaming monitor to this point. Twitter’s Chi11eddog shared a picture of a purported Alienware AW2524H in the present day, an IPS monitor with a claimed 500 Hz refresh fee. The seasoned leaker added that this alluring and trendy gaming monitor can be formally unveiled at CES 2023, which kicks off subsequent week.
We don’t have plenty of supplementary details about the Alienware AW2524H. The supply shares the most important information, specifically that this can be a ‘quick IPS’ panel packing monitor with a 1920 x 1080 pixels decision. In regards to the headlining refresh fee, this monitor is claimed to attain 480 Hz native with the DisplayPort connector, however it may additionally attain 500Hz on the identical connector with a modest overclock.
Alienware’s monitor terminology signifies that the AW2524H makes use of a show panel with a 25-inch diagonal (most likely 24.5-inches). Many of the agency’s at the moment out there displays embrace the following two digits of ‘23’, so it appears cheap to consider that the brand new AW2524H can be on sale quickly and proceed to be present by 2024. Lastly, Alienware inserts a ‘D’ within the mannequin identify for curved displays, so that is positively a flat show. The ‘H’ suffix might sign the very Excessive refresh fee.
The design of the Alienware AW2524H, as pictured by Chi11eddog, may be very very similar to the present AW2523HF, which we reviewed in October, besides the brand textual content on the rear seems to be a unique shade / LED backlit. That mannequin, out there for about $400, additionally featured a quick FHS IPS panel and scored nicely in our exams. Nevertheless, the brand new mannequin boosts the highest refresh fee from 360 Hz to that magic 500 Hz determine. Although mainstream avid gamers might shrug on the uplift from 360 to 500 Hz, Alienware’s upcoming gaming monitor might excite critical eSports avid gamers with highly effective PCs.
Again in Might, we reported on the Asus ROG Swift 500 Hz G-Sync monitor, which was showcased on the Nvidia Computex occasion. Nevertheless, the Asus mannequin is constructed round a brand new 24-inch 1080p ‘E-TN’ eSports TN panel, which could not supply as enticing shade traits or viewing angles. However, it’s price wanting again at that information, as Asus and Nvidia put some effort into explaining the enchantment of a 500 Hz monitor in eSports gaming and the aggressive benefits it may present. Nvidia summed up the enchantment of super-fast refresh displays just like the ROG Swift 500 with the phrase “frames win video games.”
CES 2023 formally opens its doorways on Thursday, January 5. Anticipate loads of PC know-how treats this yr, with many of the huge names in PCs and parts lined as much as ship displays and new merchandise.